Most of us want to know the Bible better, and if that’s you this page is for you.
As a Church we are currently following a Bible reading plan to help you want to read the Bible without using technology (apart from a printer!). The reading plan will take you through the New Testament in 2024. It’s a five day a week plan where you’ll read a few chapters a day and you can use the weekends to catch up if you miss a day or two, or you can reread some chapters or other parts of the Bible. If you get behind, don’t worry – just start again at the current date in the plan. The plan is available to print as a booklet here and for viewing on a phone or tablet here. If you can’t print the plan yourself just ask me, Cassie Morgan, for a paper copy or pick up one of the copies which are available at the Mount Zion building.
If you want a daily reminder and help understanding or applying what you read in the Bible there are a number of other options, such as:
- the Bible in One Year – created by Nicky Gumbel and part of Alpha International. It has its own website here. It has a phone app if you want it, or you can receive daily emails, and there are three options: Classic, Youth and Express.
- YouVersion: this has an app which allows you to read the Bible, receive a verse of the day and follow a reading plan of your choice (including the Bible in One Year). I didn’t look at all the available reading plans but there seem to be wide variety of them.
- Lectio 365: this is a phone app which leads you through morning and evening prayers and Bible readings. The morning prayers help you to pray the Bible and the night prayers help you to process the day and prepare to sleep. Lectio 365 is produced but the 24-7 Prayer movement (started by Pete Grieg and I think the app uses Pete’s voice).
- Through the Word: this is a new phone app which has daily Bible readings and explanations of the Bible text. It offers sets of readings on individual books in the Bible, themes and going through the Old or New Testament in a year. They provide a guide to choosing a Bible reading plan here. I haven’t tried this, but it seems good based on my very brief try out.
The phone/tablet apps generally have a lot of helpful features such as:
- a choice of the Bible translation to use
- reading the Bible for you
- daily reminders
- keeping track of what you’re covered
- leading you through the prayer or reflection
- explanations of the Bible text
- someone reading the Bible and leading you through the prayer
Also, if you try out any of the above methods of reading the Bible more, please let me know how you get on so I can update this page based on your experience. You can contact me, Andrew Cunningham, by email at andrew@cardigan.church.